Meaning

10 senses
  1. An opening between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

  2. An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

  3. A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.

    wagon shed

    wood shed

    Schuppen

    сара́йsaráj, наве́сnavés

    сара́йsaráj, пові́ткаpovítka, шо́паšópa

  4. A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

  5. (UK, derogatory, informal)An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

    Karre, Rostlaube

    драндуле́тdrandulét, тарата́йкаtaratájka, таранта́йкаtarantájka

  6. (UK, informal)A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

  7. A unit of area equivalent to 10⁻⁵² square meters.

  8. (obsolete)A distinction or dividing-line.

  9. (obsolete)A parting in the hair.

  10. (obsolete)The top of the head.

More definitions
  • an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Examples

225 sentences
  1. Tom wants to build another shed.

    ruТом хочет построить ещё один сарай. — Wezel

  2. Have you finished painting the shed?

  3. Tom and I built this shed.

  4. Did you build this shed yourself?

  5. When did you build this shed?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
temporary structure to shelter something:
Русский
By meaning 2
temporary structure to shelter something:
poor quality automobile:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
temporary structure to shelter something:
poor quality automobile:

Origin

From Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a par

From Middle English sched, schede, schad, from a combination of Old English scēada (“a parting of the hair, top of the head”) and Old English ġesċēad (“distinction, reason”).

Dialectal variant of a specialized use of shade.

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